Cold of Kalandar

An amazingly beautiful and moving film. Like the domesticated goats below, Mehmet escapes to clamber up the majestic Black Mountains seeking a rich mineral vein, while his wife and mother, resentful of their humiliating poverty, do the backbreaking farm work. Masterfully directed and shot with a painterly eye over four seasons, we follow the irrepressible Mehmet as he seeks something bigger.